Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab

News about Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Jan. 14, 2014

Appeals court upholds conviction and life sentence of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Nigerian man who tried to blow up Detroit-bound airline with bomb in his underwear in 2009. MORE

Feb. 17, 2012

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Nigerian man who tried to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner with explosives concealed in his underwear on Christmas Day in 2009, is sentenced to life in prison by a federal judge who said his crime and subsequent lack of remorse demanded the maximum possible punishment; he pleaded guilty in October 2011 and admitted to working on behalf of Al Qaeda. MORE

Feb. 11, 2012

Newly released documents in case against Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, so-called Underwear Bomber, detail the intensive plotting between Abdulmutallab and American-born radical Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki; documents help explain why United States officials decided Awlaki was an 'operational' terrorist, and not just a propagandist. MORE

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The Day: Detroit managed to put Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab on trial with little to none of the political wailing that we have been subjected to in New York. Also, what City Room is reading in other newspapers and blogs.

The guilty plea by the so-called Underwear Bomber and charges in an assassination plot linked to Iran have people arguing again about whether terrorism cases are better handled in the criminal justice system or by the military.

To young, conservative Muslims, Yasir Qadhi is one of the most influential clerics in America. The 36-year-old Houston native has preached before tens of thousands of Muslims, drawing a strong following on Facebook and Twitter. Law-enforcement agents have also tracked his rise among a subset of Muslims considered vulnerable to radicalization. After a former student tried to blow up a plane, Qadhi found himself caught between a suspicious government and a young following he could lose.